What does this automation do?
Most chatter is ignored. A message that mentions the bot is read as a request, filed as a task with an owner, and confirmed back in the chat.
What can you do with it?
- Stop requests disappearing into the scrollback
- Only capture the messages actually addressed to you
- Tell the person their request was logged
The Steps
This automation runs in 5 steps:
- When Telegram Bot — New Message
- Then Filter — continue only when the message mentions the bot
- Then Taskade AI — Ask Agent ("Request Reader")
- Then Taskade — Add Task
- Then Telegram Bot — Send Message
What makes this different from a Zapier-style flow?
The "Request Reader" step is not a one-off model call. It is a Taskade AI agent that knows your queues, your priorities and who owns each area, remembers the requests this chat has already made, so every run builds on the last one instead of starting from an empty prompt.
A stateless "ask the model" step forgets everything the moment it returns. An agent keeps its knowledge and its memory between runs, carries its own tools, and can be handed work by other automations.
Who is this automation for?
Built for teams taking work requests in a group chat. Most chatter is ignored. A message that mentions the bot is read as a request, filed as a task with an owner, and confirmed back in the chat.
How do you set it up?
- Open the "Automations" tab in your workspace.
- Click ➕ Add automation, then start from scratch.
- Add the trigger "New Message" from Telegram Bot.
- Add a Filter step: Filter — continue only when the message mentions the bot.
- Add the action "Ask Agent" from Taskade AI. Point it at an agent called "Request Reader".
- Add the action "Add Task" from Taskade.
- Add the action "Send Message" from Telegram Bot.
- Enable the toggle in the top-right corner to activate the automation.
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